Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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To THE CLASS OF 1931: The art motif of this issue of the TEMPLAR, suggestive of the days when 'fknighthood was in flower, gives me the inspira- tion for this, my salutation to the 1931 Graduating Class. y In feudal times knights i,n shining armor fought for their ideals on the field of honor, up-holding Rightand Might. By ia happy coincidence this Year Book bears the same name as a valiant band of these Crusaders-the Knights, Temp-lar. The glamorous days of knighthood have declined, and yet the impulses that inspired those deeds of chivalry are just the same today, seeking expression in the nobility of character of modern Crusaders for the Right. - , Go forth from here as true Knights of Temple., Battle with the courage of co-nviction for the principles, the ideals' and the spiritual values for which your Alma Mater stands, for each of you is knighted with unlimited po-tentialities for good. Become exemplars in the struggle for Success.. Be chivalrous in your dealings with your fellow men. Set for yourselves lofty ideals, and fight squarely to attain them. Cladf in the shining armour of Knowledge, your path should lead straight on to vic- tory 1 A A T' Crusaders of the Class of 1931, 1 bid you Godspeed! Sincerely, x , President, Temple Unive.rsity. v Nineteen,

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ebrargpere br prnpiwtp writers .rtiirp sierraiirieies To the Class of 1931: The period of the Renaissance contributed a new appreciation of the function of joy in the career of individual and community. It registered a revolt against the ascetic aloofness and mawkish A e sentiment of the later middle ages. It affirmed the important truth thatthe immediate businCSS of every competent man and woman was to understand the purposes of common experience and extractthe wine of satisfaction from them. The sense of knighthood which had expressed itself in the engagements of war was now trans- ferred to the pursuits of peace. The Renaissance is thus a fair anticipation of the program which the modern college offers to its multiplying students. Education makes its demands upon every new initiate for serious and arduous labor. But at the same time it guaran- tees an enthusiasm in study and a delight in W achievement that reflect the temper of awakened Europe. The knights of scholarship are now en- dowed with a zest for learning as keen and compelling as that which stirred the medieval warrior to his heroic tasks. College training is inept and fruit- less without the accompanying joy of acquisition, I If the graduates of the present year have obtained this joy, their college course may be set dowin as genuinely successful. DC-311, C0Hege of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Twenty